On Friday 14 October 2005 18:01, Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 22:39 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > > The problem was solved in the following way: > > > > * connected the old CRT monitor; > > * on FC4, I changed the resolution to 1024x768; > > * did shutdown; > > * started FC4 again. Modifying your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for proper sweep frequencies will allow for the highest resolution your monitor can achieve. > Just logging out then back in again ought to have been enough to restart > the X server with the new settings, rather than all the delays involved > in a reboot. And if that didn't work (it does for me), you can always > just restart the X server with CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE without having to > reboot the entire PC. > Yes, but it is not wise to connect and disconnect components (not designed to do so) on a running system. Also for Paul; even if you can't use 'x' (KDE, Gnome, etc.), cntl + alt + F1 (Actually F1 through F6) will give a terminal. If you haven't done so; learning vi/vim, emacs, or the like to modify configuration files is a very good skill to learn.
